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REGULAR SEASON WEEK 8 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS VS. Los angeles chargers MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (5-2) vs. LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (3-4) WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25 Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017 • GIillette Stadium (65,878) • 1:00 p.m. ET 8 a.m. Media Workroom Opens The New England Patriots will close out the month of October this Sunday when they host 8:45 a.m. Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick the Los Angeles Chargers, Since 2000, New England is first in the NFL with a 56-18 record Press Availability in the month of October. Pittsburgh is second during that time frame with a 49-21 record. Approx. 12:45 p.m.. Media Availability at Practice This week’s game will be the first of three straight against the AFC West. After the Patriots (Upper Practice Field) Bye Week, the team will travel to face Denver on Nov. 12, and then play against Oakland on 4:15-5:00 p.m. Patriots player availability Nov. 19 at Mexico City. Approx. 4:15 Tom Brady Press Availability TBD Conference Call with Chargers The Chargers enter this week with a three game win streak. It will be the third meeting Head Coach Anthony Lynn between the Patriots and the Los Angeles Chargers, as the Chargers were located in Los TBD Conference Call with Chargers Player Angeles during their first season of play in 1960. The two teams split the series in 1960. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26 BROADCAST INFORMATION 11 a.m. Media Workroom Opens TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by CBS and can be seen on WBZ-TV Approx. 12:15 p.m. Media Availability at Practice Channel 4. Ian Eagle will handle play-by-play duties with Dan Fouts as the color analyst. (Upper Practice Field) Evan Washburn will work from the sidelines. The game will be produced by Mark Wolff 3:15-4:00 p.m. Patriots player availability and directed by Bob Fishman. NATIONAL RADIO: This week’s game will be broadcast to a national audience on ESPN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27 Radio. Adam Amin and Bill Polian will call the game with Sal Paolantonio on the sidelines. 8 a.m. Media Workroom Opens RADIO: 98.5 FM, The Sports Hub, is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Network. A 8:45 a.m. Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick complete listing of the network’s 40 stations can be found in this press release. Play-by-play Press Availability broadcaster Bob Socci will call the action along with former Patriots quarterback Scott Approx. 11:55 a.m. Media Availability at Practice Zolak, who will provide color analysis. The games are produced by Marc Cappello. (Upper Practice Field) 1:30-2:15 p.m. Patriots player availability FIRST HALF SUCCESS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 The New England Patriots are an NFL best 96-38 in the first half of the season since Bill Team Walkthrough - No Media Availability Belichick took over as head coach in 2000. New England looks to close out the first half of 2017 and head into the bye with a 6-2 record. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29 MOST FIRST HALF WINS SINCE 2000 1:00 p.m. Patriots vs. Los Angeles Chargers Team W L T Pct. New England Patriots 96 38 0 .716 Denver Broncos 85 49 0 .634 2017 patriots schedule Indianapolis Colts 81 49 0 .623 Green Bay Packers 80 50 0 .615 REGULAR SEASON (5-2) Pittsburgh Steelers 78 51 0 .605 Thu, Sept. 7 Kansas City 27-42 L New York Giants 77 55 0 .583 Sun, Sept. 17 at New Orleans 36-20 W Sun, Sept. 24 Houston 36-33 W Sun, Oct. 1 Carolina 30-33 L week 8 highlights Thu, Oct. 5 at Tampa Bay 19-14 W Sun, Oct. 15 at N.Y. Jets 24-17 W PAGE 13: New England Patriots vs. Los Angeles Chargers Sun, Oct. 22 Atlanta 23-7 W matchup notes Sun, Oct. 29 L.A. Chargers 1:00 p.m. CBS Sun, Nov. 5 BYE WEEK PAGE 23: New England owns the NFL’s best record in Sun, Nov. 12 at Denver 8:30 p.m. NBC* close games since 2001. Sun, Nov. 19 at Oakland (Mexico City) 4:25 p.m. CBS PAGE 25: The Patriots have blocked the third most kicks in Sun, Nov. 26 Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS* Sun, Dec. 3 at Buffalo 1:00 p.m. CBS* the league since 2014. Mon, Dec. 11 at Miami 8:30 p.m. ESPN PAGE 30: Bill Belichick is closing in on Tom Landry for NFL Sun, Dec. 17 at Pittsburgh 4:25 p.m. CBS* head coaching wins. Sun, Dec. 24 Buffalo 1:00 p.m. CBS Sun, Dec. 31 N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS* MEDIA CONTACTS PATRIOTS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE: 508-384-4203 2017 AFC EAST final STANDINGS Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6868 TEAM W L T PCT. PF PA Aaron Salkin, Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6870 NEW ENGLAND 5 2 0 .714 195 166 Michael Jurovaty, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6187 Buffalo Bills 4 2 0 .667 119 101 Cecily Faenza, Social Media Manager, [email protected], 774-254-7917 Miami Dolphins 4 2 0 .667 92 112 Mark Robbins, Media Relations Coordinator, [email protected], 508-431-7175 New York Jets 3 4 0 .429 137 161 Anne Noland, Media Relations Coordinator, [email protected], 508-431-7773 GILLETTE STADIUM • ONE PATRIOT PLACE • FOXBOROUGH, MA 02035 TEL: 508-384-9105 • FAX: 508-543-9053 PATRIOTS.COM • HTTP://MEDIA.PATRIOTS.COM 2017 OFFENSIVE STATISTICS WON 5, LOST 2 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/07 L 27-42 Kansas City 65,878 Gillislee 87 321 3.7 16 4 09/17 W 36-20 at New Orleans 73,168 D. Lewis 43 227 5.3 31 2 09/24 W 36-33 Houston 65,878 White 27 118 4.4 10 0 10/01 L 30-33 Carolina 65,878 Burkhead 11 49 4.5 14 0 10/05 W 19-14 at Tampa Bay 64,476 Brady 14 26 1.9 7 0 10/15 W 24-17 at N.Y. Jets 77,562 Hogan 3 17 5.7 13 0 10/22 W 23- 7 Atlanta 65,878 Cooks 3 10 3.3 13 0 10/29 L.A. Chargers Dorsett 1 7 7.0 7 0 11/12 at Denver TEAM 189 775 4.1 31 6 11/19 at Oakland OPPONENTS 171 815 4.8 58 4 11/26 Miami * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/03 at Buffalo White 38 280 7.4 26 1 12/11 at Miami Gronkowski 29 452 15.6 53t 4 12/17 at Pittsburgh Amendola 29 324 11.2 27 1 12/24 Buffalo Cooks 28 537 19.2 54 3 12/31 N.Y. Jets Hogan 28 378 13.5 47t 5 N.E. Opp. D. Lewis 8 48 6.0 11 0 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 170 167 Burkhead 5 60 12.0 19t 1 Rushing 44 46 Dorsett 4 85 21.3 38 0 Passing 105 108 Tye LG 4 38 9.5 21 0 Penalty 21 13 Develin 3 20 6.7 8 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 42/92 35/85 J. Hollister 2 24 12.0 19 0 3rd Down Pct. 45.7 41.2 TEAM 174 2208 12.7 54 15 4th Down: Made/Att 2/4 3/8 OPPONENTS 179 2262 12.6 78t 15 4th Down Pct. 50.0 37.5 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD POSSESSION AVG. 30:31 29:29 M. Butler 2 -1 -.5 1 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 2875 2987 Gilmore 1 39 39.0 39 0 Avg. Per Game 410.7 426.7 Harmon 1 12 12.0 12 0 Total Plays 469 454 McCourty 1 0 0.0 0 0 Avg. Per Play 6.1 6.6 TEAM 5 50 10.0 39 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 775 815 OPPONENTS 2 2 1.0 2 0 Avg. Per Game 110.7 116.4 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Total Rushes 189 171 R. Allen 28 1208 43.1 38.2 2 8 60 0 NET YARDS PASSING 2100 2172 TEAM 28 1208 43.1 38.2 2 8 60 0 Avg. Per Game 300.0 310.3 OPPONENTS 26 1194 45.9 40.9 0 11 68 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 18/108 15/90 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Gross Yards 2208 2262 Amendola 10 7 131 13.1 40 0 Att./Completions 262/174 268/179 Chung 1 3 0 0.0 0 0 Completion Pct. 66.4 66.8 TEAM 11 10 131 11.9 40 0 Had Intercepted 2 5 OPPONENTS 15 3 98 6.5 16 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 28/43.1 26/45.9 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD NET PUNTING AVG. 28/38.2 26/40.9 D. Lewis 9 170 18.9 26 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 53/463 52/446 TEAM 9 170 18.9 26 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 8/3 9/3 OPPONENTS 25 484 19.4 34 0 TOUCHDOWNS 21 20 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Rushing 6 4 Gostkowski 0/ 0 9/ 9 3/ 3 3/ 4 1/ 1 Passing 15 15 TEAM 0/ 0 9/ 9 3/ 3 3/ 4 1/ 1 Returns 0 1 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 1/ 1 5/ 8 3/ 5 0/ 1 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS Gostkowski: (25G,32G)(28G,24G,27G)()(41G,35G, TEAM 40 88 33 34 0 195 58G)(27G,23G,45G,48G)(47N,28G)(29G,21G,38G) OPPONENTS 30 55 20 61 0 166 OPP: ()(46G,35G,49N)(39G,40G,31G,36G)(32G,48G) * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS (56N,49N,31N)(28G)(37B,36N) Gostkowski 0 0 0 0 19/20 16/17 0 67 Hogan 5 0 5 0 0 30 Gillislee 4 4 0 0 0 24 Gronkowski 4 0 4 0 0 24 Cooks 3 0 3 0 0 20 D.